MEDALS FOR OESER AND OBERGFÖLL AT THE 2010 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BARCELONA.
Sponsored by Herrenknecht, top athletes Christina Obergföll and Jennifer Oeser achieved excellent results at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. Christina Obergföll took the silver medal while Jennifer Oeser achieved a personal best, grabbing the bronze medal in the heptathlon.
Barcelona, Spain / Schwanau, Germany, August 3, 2010. The 20th European Athletics Championships from July 26 to August 1, 2010 involved almost 1,400 participants, including German athletes Jennifer Oeser (Heptathlon) and Christina Obergföll (Javelin), who are sponsored by Herrenknecht. Both of these young ladies were regarded as medal hopefuls from the outset. And they did not disappoint. After an effortless qualifying round, Christina Obergföll reached the final where she achieved the second-best performance of the day, throwing 65.58 meters. During an exciting final, her German teammate Linda Stahl catapulted herself to the top with a distance of 66.81 meters. But Christina Obergföll still obtained the silver medal.
Jennifer Oeser mastered both competition days in Barcelona's Olympic Stadium superbly, achieving a career personal best in a top-class heptathlon field and grabbing a well-deserved bronze medal. Oeser improved her personal best marks in 4 out of 7 disciplines (110 meter hurdles, javelin, long jump and 200 meters). Four times since the heptathlon was introduced at the 1982 European Championships, her final total of 6683 points would have been enough to take the European crown. But in Barcelona she was obliged to make way for the UK's Jessica Ennis with a best year performance of 6823 points, ahead of Ukrainian Natalia Dobrynska.
Jennifer Oeser was delighted with her medal and the fact that she has improved her personal best mark by 190 points. The 27-year old top athlete is confident she can do even better and has already set her sights on the next major competition: "I aim to pull out all the stops for the 2012 Olympics!" Herrenknecht is proud of these two German star athletes supported by entrepreneur Martin Herrenknecht.
Further current press releases
Contact for journalists:
Achim Kühn
Head of Marketing + Corporate Communication
